Posts by briskhound2

16 - Answered

15 - Answered

17 - Death Wish 3

18 - 10

You gotta have some nerve if you want the payoff 😬

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1 - Hard Target
2 - Crying Freeman
3 - Better Tomorrow

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1. Sylvester Stallone
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Bruce Willis
5. Wesley Snipes
6. Sho Kosugi
7. Kurt Russell
8. Jason Statham
9. Chuck Norris
10. Dolph Lundgren
11. Jackie Chan
12. Steven Seagal
13. Chow Yun Fat
14. Jet Li
15. Marc Dacascos
16. Jean-Claude Van Damme

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The Peacekeeper

D-1
E-2
F-3
G-4
A-5
H-6
B-7
C-8

Talk about life being unfair... I actually have a job where I need to get things done instead of just clicking buttons all day🙂

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1. The Avengers
2. action movie franchise
3. action movie franchise

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Steven Seagal - Blackwater

Question 7

10 Difference

A. Law red - Raw Deal
B. A Clarinet shoot - Last Action Hero
C. A Esthetics Lip - The Specialist
D. Damn Salting Ant - Last Man Standing
E. Bat Closets Youth - The Last Boy Scout
F. ED hi Twinkly Slow on Toot - Showdown in Little Tokyo

Question 5

1 - Chuck Norris
2 - Jason Statham
3 - Vin Diesel
4 - Sylvester Stallone
5 - Jean-Claude Van Damme
6 - Arnold Schwarzenegger
7 - Dolph Lundgren

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4. Jet Li - Lethal Weapon 4

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Demolition Man 😁

P.S. @Anthony Smith3 — seriously, I’d give anything for more content like this...

Mark Wood79 said:In short: the setup is solid and kept me hooked, but the ending feels a bit limp. Overall impression? It's a decent thriller, nothing more.

The resolution—look, I won't say it's been done to death, even if some tropes feel familiar—but it just doesn't hold up against the rest of the material. For me, having such a tiny pool of suspects was a bit of a drag... they really should've avoided that, because there wasn't much room for a twist that actually felt earned within the context of the story...

briskhound2 said:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Finally getting around to the famous Millennium Trilogy. Kalea Blomkvist takes a job from some wealthy businessman to try and figure out what happened to a girl forty years ago. A young hacker named Lisbeth jumps in to help, and together they start piecing together a much bigger picture than just a simple disappearance.

I’ve always been a sucker for movies driven by old, cold cases. It doesn't rely on forced high-tech forensics, massive action set pieces, or those classic police procedural twists that feel totally manufactured... it’s all about the atmosphere, the simplicity of how things are shown, and how gripping the story itself is. The girl's disappearance becomes this fascinating puzzle where the clues and revelations click into place in a really logical, intriguing way. If there's a flaw, maybe it's the predictability—you get a closed circle of suspects, so by the end, you pretty much know who did it. Expanding the plot into a series of murders works well without that typical American tendency to lean on shock value or illogical leaps; by just using hints of what happened, it builds a tension that’s honestly better than being explicitly violent about every little detail.

Characterization might be a bit of a weak spot too—maybe things regarding the leads will be fleshed out more through the rest of the trilogy, because right now they feel a little detached. They're intriguing, sure, but maybe they could have worked without that specific edge. Anyway, it's a great movie that manages to hold its own pace and keep you hooked despite running nearly three hours. I'm also not entirely sold on the idea of a future remake being set in the exact same locations (if I caught that correctly), since the original is perfectly fine as it is. 8/10

Too lazy to rewrite everything, so...🙂

Mark Wood79 said:It’s nothing special to me, definitely not a 10/10. It feels like a safe, corporate play.
There isn't any real creative spark or sense of risk here—it's almost as if the director was terrified of accidentally deviating from the source material.
When you look at the plot, it's brutal, but in the world of filmmaking, it feels like the focus is primarily on how the story is told, rather than what is actually happening.
Essentially, the person behind the camera becomes more important than the script itself.
As a result, we end up with a movie that feels almost anemic.
That’s why I’m not losing any sleep over Fincher taking a crack at a remake. Look, even he can miss the mark sometimes—nobody’s perfect... we'll just have to wait and see how the next one turns out.

Interesting points. For me, it was actually the opposite—the story is what pulled me in, while the characters felt more like... well, characters just being there (I haven't read the books, so I don't know if the impression would be stronger if I knew them from the page) — but the mystery of the disappearance is presented so well, and the step-by-step reveal is great. I actually hope the authors stuck to the book word-for-word. I agree it's not a perfect ten, but it's definitely a refreshing crime flick after a long time. Personally, I'd cut some parts out, but then again, if I did, other parts of the trilogy wouldn't make sense. As for the remake—I think it's pointless to frame it exactly like the original, let alone use the same settings.

We've got Fichtner and Morse on the roster here—honestly, how much of a train wreck can this actually be? Cage is really outdoing himself lately with this non-stop movie factory approach...

It’s about damn time—finally looks like he’s actually remembered how to film something else...

Richard Wilson4 said:Anyone got any good detective movie recs set during that era?

What about 1941? 🙂

Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Guys, you honestly made my day 😁 (even if I’m not exactly a huge fan of Lynch or that desert planet stuff).

Anyway—does anyone happen to know where I can track down this little gem? I’ve pretty much exhausted every option out there Parker Kane (1990). And, uh—let’s try to keep it civil regarding Dean 🙂
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This movie is all over the place. On one hand, you get these genuinely fun moments and some clever sequences—like that convoy ambush where the plan actually meets reality—but then the constant, overkill explosion fest just kills the vibe of what should've been a solid action flick. The characters are pretty forgettable, and honestly, Nesson is the only one who actually knows how to act, though he barely gets a chance to show it. You've got these goofy bits, like the tank "flying" through the air, clashing with stuff that isn't nearly as much fun... It’s basically just a popcorn movie to kill some time, nothing more than that.